Bathing-chair.



L. FINK.

BATHING CHAIR.

APPLlcATIoN FILED sEPT.28,191a.

Patented Jun, 2 191i).

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LOUIS FINK, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

` BATHING-CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28, 1919.

Application led September 28, 1918. Serial No. 256,072.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Lotus FINK, a citizen of `is a speci cation.

This invention relates to swimming devices or apparatus such as are devised for the use of invalide and others desiring to take a Water cure and it has more particular reference to that form of device or apparatus by the employment of which the user can remain in a restful or partially recumbent position in the water for a lengthy period of time.

The main object of my invention is to provide an unsinkable bathing chair in which a person can remain comfortably seated or slightly recumbent.

A further object of my invention is to provide an unsinkable bathing chair which can be comfortably propelled through the water.

'With these main objects in view my invention consists essentially of a main or buoyant body portion and a. secondary or stabilizing buoyant portion between which is supported a seat and means for manually propelling the same.

In the further disclosure of my invention, reference is to be had to the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings, constituting a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which Figure 1, is a central longitudinal vertical section through my improved bathing device or unsinkable bathing chair.

Fig. 2, is a plan of the same, partly in section for the sake of clearness.

According to the form of my invention illustrated the numeral 10, indicates a main or buoyant portion, and it consists essentially of a watertight sealed tank somewhat wedge shape in vertical fore and aft section and preferably rectangular in plan, so that the front wall 11, constitutes a rest for the back of the user and the more inclined back wall 12, gives a large supporting surface for resting upon and against the water. In other words, the normal tendency of the device when placed in the water is to lloat on the back wall 12 until a persons weight is suspended therein. Projecting laterally from the sides of the buoyant portion 10 are angles or rails, 13, 13, which serve, when the device is in use as arm rests, and depending from the lower end of the said portion 10, are angles 14, 14 which are bent horizontally at 15, 15 and serve as supports for a hinged seat 16, to the front of which is hinged a leg rest 16a. The aforesaid rear wall 12, is downwardly extended to the point 17, where the seat 16, is hinged, and the angles 15, are extended and upwardly inclined at 18, to s upport the lleg rest 16, and then turned vertically at 19, their upper ends being welded or Aotherwise attached to the forward ends of the arm rests 13.

Supported transversely of the spaced frames constituted by the arm rests 13, and bent angles 14, and at or near the forward part thereof, I secure a watertight sealed stabilizing cylinder 20, which keeps the device properly plumb or upright when in use.

Centrally between the arm rests 13, I mount a gear case 21, which is conveniently secured to the cylinder 20, and a transverse stiffening bar or angle 22, and rotatably mounted in said ear case 21, is a large gear wheel 23, adapte to be rotated by a handwheel or crank 24, and said gear wheel 23, meshes with a pinion 25, secured to a fore and aft shaft 26, mounted in bearings 27, 27, and having at its forward end a propeller 28.

In use the person using the device places same in the water, and folds the leg rest 16, and seat 16, up against the wall 11, then steps in between the arm rests 13, whereupon the leg rest 16, and rest 16, are folded down. The user then seats himself or herself therein, and by rotating the crank 24, may propel the device into a suitable depth of Water and maneuver about at will or simply paddle around in a semi recumbent position.

Obviously the device may be used for lifesaving purposes and supplied on board ships, in which event I may employ one or both of the buoyant parts 10, 2O as storage receptacles. A

Although I have described one form of my invention in detail, I wish it understood, that I do not consider myself limited to the precise construction shown, as reasonable changes may obviously be made in the form and arrangement of the various parts without departing from the essential features, and it is intended to include all such modiications as may reasonably be construed as falling Within the scope of the appended claims:

l. bathing` chair or liie savingdevice comprising a main buoyant portion Wedgeshaped in vertical section and rectangular in cross-Section, a cylindrical stabilizing buoyant portion spaced therefrom and connected thereto by U-shaped stirrups, a folding seat hingedly disposed between said stirrups, and means for propelling the bathing chair or life saving device.

copies of this patent may be obtained for 2. A bathing chair or life 'Sa-ving device comprising a buoyant portion Wedge-Shaped in vertical section and rectangular in crosssection, a cylindrical stabilizing buoyant portion spaced therefrom and connected thereto by U-shaped stirrups, arm rests connecting the upper limbs of the Stirrups, and

a. manually operable propeller for propelling the bathing chair or life-saving device.

ln testimony whereof I afliX my signature. K

Louis FINK.

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Washington, D. G. 

